Re: [IP] GlucoWatch hearing

Hi Sonia,
It's a good device, I guess, but recently I listened to its inventor give a
presentation about it to a mechanical engineering class here at the U of
Minnesota. I was disappointed somewhat, I guess.
He was very frank that the Glucowatch, as we will first see it, is the
"model T" of such a product. If you wear it during exercise, it will shut
off due to the sweat. It cannot distinguish between the excess glucose
secreted in sweat vs. non sweat. It takes 3 hours (yes, you read that right;
it's not a typo) 3 HOURS to calibrate!!! Who has that kind of time?
Plus, it's very, large. For me, I felt by looking at it that I would not
want a Glucowatch and a pump hanging off of me. But it may do the trick for
others. I understand it's particularly useful for people who have
hypoglycemic-unawareness because it beeps as you get low. That's indeed very
valuable.
Dawn
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